Next Gen Series: Chris Lewis

Personnel:
Chris Lewis - Saxophones
Sean Mason - Piano
Philip Norris - Bass
Nazir Ebo - Drums

Throughout the month of May, the Django will be featuring young, emerging talent as part of our inaugural "Next Generation Series":

Chris Lewis has quickly established himself as an in-demand saxophonist and educator on both coasts of the United States. Lewis has played and worked with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Eric Reed, Terell Stafford, Delfeayo Marsalis, Rodney Green, Michael Buble, John Beasley’s MONK’estra and the GRAMMY-Award Winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, among numerous others. Lewis is an alumnus of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance (formerly the Thelonious Monk Institute), where he was selected by jazz luminaries Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter to study under their tutelage. In addition to attending the Hancock Institute, Lewis is also an alumnus of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia and is currently working on his postgraduate studies at the Juilliard School.